CVE-2024-29897

CreateWiki Leak of suppressed wiki requests outside of `CreateWikiGlobalWiki`

Description

CreateWiki is Miraheze's MediaWiki extension for requesting & creating wikis. It is possible for users with (delete) or (suppressrevision) on any wiki in the farm to access suppressed wiki requests by going to the request's entry on Special:RequestWikiQueue on the wiki where they have these rights. The same vulnerability was present briefly on the REST API before being quickly corrected in commit `6bc0685`. To our knowledge, the vulnerable commits of the REST API are not running in production anywhere. This vulnerability is fixed in 23415c17ffb4832667c06abcf1eadadefd4c8937.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.04%
Affected: miraheze CreateWiki
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/miraheze/CreateWiki/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcf-3cj2-46mq
https://github.com/miraheze/mw-config/commit/fb3e68bcef459e9cf2a415241b28042a6c9727e8
https://issue-tracker.miraheze.org/F3093343
https://issue-tracker.miraheze.org/T11999

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2024-29897?
CVE-2024-29897 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2024-29897?
To fix CVE-2024-29897, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2024-29897 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2024-29897 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2024-29897?
CVE-2024-29897 affects miraheze CreateWiki.
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